Straight man of steel

Chapter 429 General Wei

Wei Qing was abrupt, and seeing that Liu Che hadn't said anything, he opened his mouth and said to Zhang Yuan.

"Recently, there has been heavy rain in Monan and Mobei.

There are many large and small lakes in the Hetao area, and Nuo Shui extends southward to the Great Wall.

At least double the original length. "

This is the case in grasslands and deserts. New rivers and lakes will appear during the rainy season. When the rainy season is over, these rivers and lakes will disappear.

These seasonal rivers and lakes are not reflected on the map, but the Huns who were born in the desert knew the laws of nature.

"When did the Huns send someone there?"

"Just before I came back, the envoys of the military officials should not have arrived at King Hunxie and King Xiutu.

It is now June, and it will take at least a month for Hunxie King Xiutu and the others to reach Tuidang City.

They are bound to leave within a month. "

Wei Qing is still sure about this judgment.

"Your Majesty, may I ask how long it will take for our army to reach Shuofang County?"

Liu Che didn't care about it at this time, and temporarily put his prejudice against Zhang Yuan behind him.

"Infantry needs one month, and cavalry only needs half a month."

"How many cavalry do we have that we can mobilize now?"

"fifty thousand!"

Zhang Yuan was a little worried when he heard this number.

This number is not insufficient, but the lack of generals to command the troops.

If Huo Qubing was four or five years older, [-] troops would be enough to fight back and forth among the tribe of King Xiutu and King Hunxie.

If a lost guy like Gongsun Ao and Li Guang were to command the troops, no amount of troops would be of any use.

Seeing Zhang Yuan frowning, Liu Che asked involuntarily.

"What's the matter? But the number of cavalry is too small?"

"Your Majesty, [-] cavalry is enough, but I don't think it is appropriate to lead the troops no matter who leads them."

"I thought that the Marquis of Xin'an had already made up his mind and wanted to lead the army on his own.

Are you kidding me? "

Liu Che did not expect Zhang Yuan to say such things now that he had a confident look before.

"I dare not.

The minister did think of a place where Hunxie King Xiutu would definitely pass by.

If there is a brave general with both wisdom and courage to lead the army, lead [-] cavalry as soon as possible to contain them.

Then my big Han infantry will be able to rush there in half a month or even a month.

It's just that it's okay for the minister to make suggestions, but it's really powerless to lead the army to fight. "

"That's true. The incident of Marquis Xin'an falling from his horse and passing out is still talked about in the army."

Hearing Gongsun Ao's sarcastic voice, everyone couldn't help but focus on him.

"Heqi Hou, didn't he forget that he was begging someone to send you to fight Yu Shan.

The Marquis, who was picked up for nothing, dares to speak nonsense here now. "

"Enough is enough!

I have come to discuss with you the matter of stopping the reinforcements of the Xiongnu, not to let you come to my hall to scatter. "

Liu Che's violent shouting frightened Zhang Yuan and Gongsun Ao to half-kneeling on the ground.

"Your Majesty calm down, I'm guilty."

"Hmph, something has happened here. If the merits and demerits cannot be balanced, I must make you look good.

The Marquis of Xin'an said that none of the generals in the hall could command the army alone. In my opinion, it would be better to recall Li Guang.

Li Guang led the army to go out, and the rest of the tribes led the infantry to support General Li Guang, striving to destroy or defeat King Hunxie, the Xiutu king, in the desert. "

Liu Che said the most unacceptable result for Zhang Yuan.

Although Li Guang has the ability, but luck is bad, and it is child's play to put the fate of the empire in the hands of such a person.

Even though it seems superstitious, Zhang Yuan is still unwilling to trust Li Guang.

"Your Majesty, Li Guang may not be able to lead troops to the expedition.

This time, we will find the Huns army in the vast prairie or even in the desert.

And what Li Guang did before is really hard to convince the minister.

And to be honest, there is a gap between the minister and Li Guang, if he knows that it is the minister's idea.

In front of you, Your Majesty, he may obey everything, but when he holds a heavy soldier in his hand, will he listen to persuasion given his prestige in the army?
Your Majesty must have forgotten what happened with Gao Que in Henan, right?
This kind of person can harm his colleagues in order to protect his dignity. It is already a great favor for His Majesty to forgive him, how can he be used again. "

Despite Zhang Yuan's strong opposition, Liu Che was not displeased.

At such a critical moment, discord in the military is a taboo.

Gongsun Ao would only play lip service in normal times, but when it came to the battlefield, he didn't dare to be willful and disobey the commanding general.

But Li Guang was rebellious by nature, and he did more than once or twice to ignore the imperial court's decree.

"Then you give me a choice?"

Zhang Yuan was silent for a while, and held his hands tightly together.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to go, but can I let you choose a few lieutenants?"

Zhang Yuan's answer made Wei Qing a little nervous. This heavy task will definitely be extremely difficult and dangerous.

Although the strength of the Han army is higher than that of the Xiongnu army, there were only [-] cavalry before this time, and then it would take at least half a month for the Huns army.

It is basically impossible to think about camping in the past half a month.

Life on horseback is the most unacceptable thing for Zhang Yuan.

But Liu Che didn't have such considerations, he just gave the task out, as to whether he could complete it was the general's business.

If the war cannot be won, he will be held accountable, and if the war is won, he will be rewarded.

Sometimes being an emperor is just that simple.

"Okay, Xin'an Hou has such courage, I am very relieved.

Who do you say you want to go with you? "

"The servant of Qimen shot at Li Jian and Xue Ren, captain of Yulin Military Academy.

There are also Wei Wei Shaoqing Li Ju, and Zhang Cigong, the Marquis of the shore.

In addition, I also request His Majesty to let the minister lead the Qimen Army Habayashi Army to go north to defend against the enemy! "

Zhang Yuan asked four people at once, all of them were brave and sensible people.

Apart from being unfamiliar with Li Ju, the other three, Zhang Yuan, all knew their style of conduct.

Li Jian was originally from Zhang Yuan's lineage, but Liu Che deliberately distanced himself before breaking off contact.

This is also the reason for Xue Ren.

Although Li Ju's reputation is poor, he is famous for his bravery. This kind of person has a strong desire to make contributions. Zhang Yuan only needs one word to catch him.

As for Zhang Cigong, this guy used to be a gangster, but was later incorporated by the court.

This person is informal, and he is very tired of the intrigue and various rules in the court, but when he is put on the battlefield, he can easily execute the treachery of him when he was a gangster.

Liu Che thought for a while, then looked at the few people present.

There was a decision immediately.

"In that case, I agree to your request.

Promoted Zhang Yuan, Marquis of Xin'an, to General Wei, commanding [-] cavalry.

Gongsun He, Marquis of Nanmao, was the general of chariots and cavalry, commanding [-] infantry.

General Wei Zhang Yuan led the cavalry one step ahead. When they found the traces of the Xiongnu reinforcements, they must send someone to the surrendered city to pass the news to the chariot general Gongsun He.

The two generals must remember to communicate with each other.

Da Sima Weiqing rushed back to Yuyang County immediately after eating at noon, and dragged the main force of the Xiongnu at all costs.

In this battle, the Hunxie King Xiutu must be crippled or even wiped out! "

"The last will obey!"

The military minister's ambition directly broke the big man's three-step plan.

But in fact, this also relieved the pressure on the big man in disguise, but it had to wait until Zhang Yuan successfully intercepted the army of King Xiutu and King Hunxie.

Liu Che named Zhang Yuan General Wei and Gongsun He General Chariot.

Although it was not stated clearly, Zhang Yuan must listen to Gongsun He when the two armies join forces.

But that doesn't matter anymore. If 15 troops can really be gathered together, it doesn't matter whether Zhang Yuan decides or not.

General Wei has the power to establish the government.

This time, Zhang Yuan can really appoint himself an official, and then he only needs to report it.

As long as it's not too much, Liu Che will turn a blind eye.

However, the war situation was urgent and Zhang Yuan could not be allowed to slowly choose a location in Chang'an City to open his mansion.

Xin'anhou Mansion became the temporary residence of General Wei.

After coming out of the palace, Zhang Yuan blocked Wei Qing, who left in the afternoon, Zhang Yuan wanted to know something through Wei Qing.

"Young brother, how about going to your house to have something casual at noon?"

Wei Qing didn't bring much when he came back, let alone when he left.

After calculation, there was still one or two hours left, so he nodded and agreed to Zhang Yuan's request.

"Okay, go to my house first, we brothers have a drink."

When the two left the palace gate, the master father Yan was already blocked by the group of ministers at the gate.

Zhang Yuan smiled at Master Yan, remembering the bet with Wei Qing.

"Young brother, look at that guy, maybe he won't be in Chang'an after we come back from the desert."

Wei Qing looked in the direction of Zhang Yuan's gaze.

In the end, he understood what Zhang Yuan said when he saw Zhu Fuyan, and he sighed directly and didn't bother to talk to Zhang Yuan.

He galloped away on his own horse, and Zhang Yuan also took a horse from Gong Wei and followed Wei Qing.

The ministers waiting at the door didn't dare to ask Wei Qing and Zhang Yuan, they could only wait for the people who came out from behind.

Then it wasn't until Gongsun Ao came out that some useful news came out.

Gongsun He, Marquis of Nanmao, was conferred the title of General Chariot and Cavalry, and Marquis Zhang Yuan of Xin'an was conferred the title of General of Wei.

As for more news, even Gongsun Ao dared not reveal more.

Wei Qing can get news from the Huns, but can't the Huns get useful information from the Han population?

It will take three days for Liu Che to mobilize [-] cavalry and the necessary supplies.

The reason why Zhang Yuan wanted the Qimen Army and the Habayashi Army to accompany him was because he wanted to hold some elite troops in his hands.

It is impossible for the Eighth Colonel of the Southern Army to move.

As soon as the eighth captain moved, the princes and kings were ready to take action.

The rest of the elite cavalry were all under Wei Qing's command. Although the [-] cavalry assigned to Zhang Yuan were also elite, their combat power was still not enough.

Just after Huo Qubing was born, Liu Che assigned all the most elite army of the big man to Huo Qubing.

Wei Qing was left with only some infantry and inferior cavalry, which made Wei Qing's later battle results not as dazzling as the early stage.

Zhang Yuan knew what kind of soldiers he had in his hands, so he must have some elite soldiers.

Wei Qing and Zhang Yuan rode horses and arrived at the Marquis of Changping soon.

Wei Qing's current platoon is not comparable to that of ordinary people.

There is a Changping Hou Mansion, a Da Sima Mansion, and a Hussar General Mansion.

However, if Wei Qing is working, he will be in the Da Sima Mansion, and if he goes to battle, everyone in the General Hussar's Mansion will accompany him.

Life is naturally in his own Houfu.

"Qingdi asked the servants to serve the food first, and we chatted while eating."

Zhang Yuan said to Wei Qing after taking his seat.

"Yeah, you all go down, and after the meal is ready, shout outside the door before coming in."

"Here."

The people who waited around immediately retreated.

Seeing that there was no one else around, Zhang Yuan immediately vomited out the questions that had been buried in his heart.

"Young brother, did your source of news come from Chu Da?"

Wei Qing didn't speak, but just nodded.

Zhang Yuan knew it was like this, and only the two of them knew the contact information Zhang Yuan taught Chu Da in the whole world.

In this way, Chu Da must have taken a risk by contacting Wei Qing.

I don't know how much risk Chu Da took to send the news.

"Brother Chu, how is he with the Huns?"

"Brother Chu didn't mention it in the letter, but from the mouth of the ghost slave who sent the letter, I learned that Brother Chu didn't gain the trust of the Huns.

No matter how many things there are, the ghost slave who sent the letter didn't know. The ghost slave was killed by me directly before the battle. There are many Huns around him. Even if this person is captured, I am worried that the Huns will become suspicious. "

Zhang Yuan immediately imagined the scene at that time.

When the two sides fought, a ghost slave pretended to be captured by the Han army and was sent to Wei Qing.

However, there were enemies under the city wall, so Wei Qing could only kill the ghost slave who delivered the letter in front of everyone.

"Brother Qing, how can you confirm that the news came from Brother Chu?"

"He said the names of Brother Chu's wife and children. Brother Chu was so worried about his wife and children, he certainly would not spit out such information to the Huns because of his own safety.

As for whether the Huns know that brother Chu sent the news, I don't know, but I have tried my best. "

Zhang Yuan understood what Wei Qing was talking about, so he naturally beheaded the ghost slave.

This is the best way to dispel the suspicion of the enemy.

"I don't have anything to ask if there are too many, young brother, please be sure to hold back the main force of the Xiongnu.

To be honest, I suspect that the Huns deliberately lured our Han army out of the Great Wall. "

Zhang Yuan's suspicion is not unreasonable.

Earlier, he had repeatedly told Chu Da not to act lightly until the final battle.

Although this time is also a critical time, in Zhang Yuan's mind, the chance that the military officials can succeed is too low.

Xianbei and Wuhuan also fought with the Huns for more than 100 years, and they refused to accept each other.

How could it be possible to easily submit to another race because of the outcome of one or two battles.

Of course, if the Huns were to achieve an unparalleled victory, this would really be possible.

After all, the nomads are too similar, and the Huns disappeared later, in fact, it is very likely that they merged into other nomads.

It's just that they have no writing and no history. After three generations, everything that happened a hundred years ago has been forgotten. It is very likely that the Xiongnu disappeared into the long river of history just like this.

"Brother Yuan, I will definitely hold back the main force of the Huns.

But have you ever thought about it, once they go from east to west, it may also be our chance.

The troops I can control are about 15, and it is not impossible for a 30 army to encircle the entire Xiongnu army. "

Zhang Yuan didn't expect Wei Qing's ambition to be so big, but according to his temperament, he didn't explain it to Liu Che, so he probably felt that the possibility was too small.

The chance of a military minister taking risks is really low. He may rescue King Xiutu and King Hunxie, but knowing that there are Han troops following behind them is a different story.

(End of this chapter)